OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 19 shown for “Mary Hiester Reid” — 64 records examined, 39 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 23:50 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Roses in a Vase, by Mary Hiester Reid

Roses in a Vase

Mary Hiester Reid · 1891

Public domainThe Met
Mrs. James Reid Lambdin (Mary O'Hara Cochran), by James Reid Lambdin, born Pittsburgh, PA 1807-died KY 1889

Mrs. James Reid Lambdin (Mary O'Hara Cochran)

James Reid Lambdin, born Pittsburgh, PA 1807-died KY 1889 · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Moses Striking the Rock, by Abraham Bloemaert

Moses Striking the Rock

Abraham Bloemaert · 1596

Public domainThe Met
James Reid Lambdin Self-Portrait, by James Reid Lambdin, 10 May 1807 - 31 Jan 1889

James Reid Lambdin Self-Portrait

James Reid Lambdin, 10 May 1807 - 31 Jan 1889 · c. 1845

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Our Young Folks, an Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. III, Nos. I-XII, by John Townsend Trowbridge

Our Young Folks, an Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. III, Nos. I-XII

John Townsend Trowbridge · 1867

Public domainThe Met
Whitelaw Reid, by Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1851 - 1922

Whitelaw Reid

Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1851 - 1922 · 1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Yunluo (雲鑼 )"Cloud Gong"

Yunluo (雲鑼 )"Cloud Gong"

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Thomas Mayne Reid, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

Thomas Mayne Reid

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sihu (四胡 )

Sihu (四胡 )

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Whitelaw Reid, by Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896

Whitelaw Reid

Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896 · c. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
At the Milliner's, by Edgar Degas

At the Milliner's

Edgar Degas · 1882

Public domainThe Met
Captain James R. Reid, by Unidentified Artist

Captain James R. Reid

Unidentified Artist · n.d.a.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Luo (锣 or 鑼 )

Luo (锣 or 鑼 )

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Hugh Thompson Reid, by Barr & Young, active 1860s

Hugh Thompson Reid

Barr & Young, active 1860s · c. 1863

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bangu (板鼓), by Elevated Tone Workshop, Guangzhou (Canton)

Bangu (板鼓)

Elevated Tone Workshop, Guangzhou (Canton) · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Lapa (喇叭 )

Lapa (喇叭 )

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Suona (嗩吶 )

Suona (嗩吶 )

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Po, by Chi

Po

Chi · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Po

Po

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 51 matched · 24 examined · 6 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 58492 matched · 40 examined · 33 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.7 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 23:50 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.